The Ultimate Espionage Thriller Writing Planner

Plan your Espionage Thriller novel from the first idea to publication day. The Espionage Thriller Writing Planner is written for Espionage Thriller writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 12 sections cover idea, mission, tradecraft, betrayal, plot, agent, cast, world, write, edit, pitch & blurb and publish.

Choose your format below. Each format is an instant download, and every format comes with the Recommended Resources for Authors PDF.

• Goodnotes & PDF: 105-page digital planner with clickable tabs, contents and back links; two designs: Classic and the colourful Pop design; printable US Letter versions of both designs.
• Microsoft Word: Editable Word document (.docx) with clickable contents; worked examples showing how each page is used; prints on A4 or US Letter.
• Notion template: Notion template you duplicate into your own workspace; linked dashboard and pages, with built-in databases and tracker tables; works on the free Notion plan, on desktop, tablet and phone.
• Scrivener template: Scrivener 3 project template; the planner's pages set up in the binder, beside your manuscript.
• Plottr template: Plottr template (.pltr); How to Use Your Plottr Template guide (PDF).
• E-ink edition: Hyperlinked PDF made for e-ink tablets; larger text and high-contrast pages.

What's inside

12 sections, 105 pages in the PDF: Idea, Mission, Tradecraft, Betrayal, Plot, Agent, Cast, World, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Run the operation

• The operation and a mission brief for your agent
• A page for the target at the centre of it
• Op plan vs reality, for when the mission goes sideways
• Raise the stakes and set the ticking clock

Trust no one

• Four cover identities and eight assets and handlers
• Agencies, chain of command, comms and safe houses
• The mole, a suspect list and every double-cross
• True loyalties, secrets and lies, and the agent being burned

A spy with something to lose

• Espionage structure, plot map and tension graph
• Cat and mouse, eight set pieces and the endgame
• Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
• Agent profile: wound, flaw, skills and the cost of the job

Write, edit and publish

• Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
• An Espionage Checklist and a loyalty audit for your edit
• Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
• Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief

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